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The Church of All Saints, Fittleton, Wiltshire
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THOMAS JAY UPON YE DEATH OF THO: JAY FATHER ONE OF
HIS MAJESTIES JUSTICES FOR THIS COUNTY OF WILTS & SOMETIMES
PARSON OF THIS PLACE, WHO DIED APR. 28 1623
"CURTEOUS BEHOLDER IF YOU LONGE TO KNOW
WHO ‘TIS YT DWELLS IN SACRED PEACE BELOW
LIFT UP YOUR EYES: READ, & BUT USE HIS NAME
...... WILL TELL LARGE STORIES OF HIS .......
EACH TOUNG AN ADMIRED ORICLE YT DID TEACH
ALL BY A PIOUS LIFE WHICH HEE, DID PREACH
TWAS ONE YT IN YE COMMON WEALTH DID BEARE
AS GREAT A STROKE OF WORTHINESS AS HEARE
TWAS ONE YT BEING RICH, MADE ALL THE POORE
NEIGHBOURINGE NEARE TO HIM SHARERS IN HIS STORE
TWAS ONE SOE INNOCENT YT HE DURST TRUST,
THOSE HIS OWNE EXPERIENCE KNEW UNJUST
TWAS ONE YT JOYD TO DY WHEN FEW COULD GIVE
A BETTER REASON TO DESIRE TO LIVE
BOLDLY HEE LOOKT ON DEATH & SMILD YET WEPT
SHOWERS OF REPENTANT TEARES FOR SIN: SO SLEPT"
MEMENTO MORE
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THOMAS JEAYE UPON THE DEATH OF ANNE HIS WIFE WHO DIED THE XIth DAY OF SEPT: AD 1612.
LEAVING BEHIND HER XI CHILDREN V SONS VI DAUGHTERS
‘THE JOY OF YEAYE IS GONNE FROM WORLDS WOE TO HEAVENLY JOY AND HAPPIE REST
BUT LEFT SOME JOYES HER DEEREST JOY TO CHEERE AMIDST HIS CARES IN SAD AND PENSIVE BREST
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